
SpaceX
Founded Year
2002Stage
Private Equity - III | AliveTotal Raised
$9.726BValuation
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$2.81M | 1 mo agoRevenue
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About SpaceX
SpaceX specializes in the design, manufacture, and launch of rockets and spacecraft in the aerospace industry. Its offerings include launch services for payloads like satellites and cargo, as well as the development of spacecraft for human spaceflight. The company serves sectors such as government space agencies and commercial satellite operators. It was founded in 2002 and is based in Hawthorne, California.
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Latest SpaceX News
Jul 11, 2025
马斯克最新访谈:10个问题告诉你,第一性原理是超能力 面对这些明日之星,马斯克前所未有的坦诚。他讲到的内容非常细节、非常接地气儿,比如1995年,他在Zip2地板上钻洞接网线;2001年,他飞到俄罗斯买洲际导弹;2008年,SpaceX和特斯拉差点双双破产…… 再比如,他讲到怎么“简单粗暴”地用第一性原理思维扭转局面,把火箭的成本拉到极限,在6个月建成10万块芯片的计算中心。还分享了对AI和人类未来的种种预测期盼。 这些内容打破了一个“天才创业者”的叙事,也展现了马斯克一贯的颠覆性思维和务实精神,非常具有借鉴意义。 我们为你整理并摘取部分内容和观点,希望对你有所启发: 马斯克:回到1995年,我面前其实有两个选择:要么去斯坦福读材料科学博士,研究电动车续航相关的超电容器;要么去还不为人知的互联网领域做点儿事。 我和材料科学教授聊了聊,问他:“能延期一个季度再入学吗?”想着这件事儿大概率会失败,可能要继续回来读书。但是他说:“这可能是我们最后一次谈话。”结果他是对的。 1995年,我编写了互联网上几乎最早一批地图、导航、网络黄页和白页。就自己一个人写,我买不起服务器,也负担不起T1的费用。第一个办公室在帕洛阿尔托的谢尔曼大道,楼下就有一家互联网服务商。所以就在地板上钻了个洞,拉了一条网线连到ISP。 一开始我没想过创业。我还给网景公司投过简历,但没回应。我甚至在网景的大厅里闲逛过想去social,但还是太社恐了。当时就想,那不如自己写软件试试吧。我的初衷只是想在互联网上做些有用的事情。进不了互联网公司,只好自己开一家。 第一个创业教训,让技术说话 Zip2当时还算成功,卖了3亿美元,在当时堪称巨款。不像现在,独角兽太多了。AI领域的投资热度非常高,有些公司成立不到一年,估值就达到了10 亿甚至几十亿美元。可能有些会成功,但一些公司的估值确实让人咋舌。 直接面向消费者 在Zip2 我们受限于客户,就像被剪短了翅膀。那如果没有束缚,直接面向消费者会怎样?PayPal就这么诞生了,X.com和 Confinity 合并成 PayPal。当时团队里有太多天才了, PayPal系可能催生了21世纪最多的创业公司。 SpaceX做了只有初创公司能干成的事儿 马斯克:在长岛高速公路上,大学室友迪奥·雷西问我,离开PayPal后做什么?我说,可能在太空做些公益,当时觉得不可能在太空搞商业。当时有点好奇,什么时候能把人送上火星。我在NASA的网站上搜索,发现并没有载人火星计划。 我最初的想法是送个小型温室到火星。在2001年、2002年,我干了件挺疯狂的事儿。我去了趟俄罗斯,跟他们的军方高层说“我想买几枚导弹”。因为军备削减,他们本来要销毁这些导弹,所以我想,我们拿两枚如何?去掉核弹头,加个上面级,把它送往太空。结果,谈判价格越谈越离谱。我后来就意识到,不是人类没意愿去火星,而是现有技术去一次就会超预算,连NASA 都负担不了。 所以 2002年我决定创办 SpaceX,成功几率不到10%,也许只有1%。但如果初创公司不去干这件事儿,大的军工公司更不会干,因为他们要满足政府的需求,政府只想做传统项目。所以,这件事儿要么一家初创公司干成,要么根本不会发生。微小的机会也比毫无机会要好。 差不多同一时间,我们也在做特斯拉。2008年夏天, SpaceX 第三次发射失败了,特斯拉的融资也失败了,公司走向破产。好在第四次发射成功了,但还不够,有NASA的大合同我们才能活下去。好像大约在12月22日,圣诞节前。NASA突然打电话说“我们决定授予你们一份空间站补合同”,我几乎是脱口而出: “我爱你们” 。2008 年 12 月 24 号下午 6 点,融资截止日的最后一小时,我们才敲定了特斯拉融资。2008年真的特别难。 很多人失败是因为“自负和能力之比超过正弦1” 马斯克:我觉得要尽量让自己 “有用”,“有用”有点儿像物理学中的“有效功”。比如就你的最终产品而言,如果它成功了,能给多少人带来多大价值?这就是我定义的 “有效功”。 不管你是 CEO ,还是初创公司的任何角色,都得对公司有用,必须放下自负,粉碎你的ego。很多人失败是因为 “自负和能力之比超过正弦1”。如果这个比值太高,就会切断你通往现实的反馈循环。在AI 语境说,就是 “破坏强化学习循环”。你想要保持强大的反馈循环,就得勇于担责、放下自负。 所以我更喜欢“工程”这个词,而不是“研究”。我不想把 X.ai 叫做实验室,就想叫公司。越简单、越不自负的措辞,离成功越近。你得让自己贴近现实。 第一性原理思维适用于所有领域 马斯克:第一性原理思维,本质上是把事物拆解到最基本的公理化要素,在这个基础上进行严谨的科学推导,不靠经验或者类比。第一性原理思维适用于任何领域,就像一种超能力。 比如造一枚火箭多少钱?用传统思维,你可能会参考历史数据,那得出的新火箭成本必然和过去相似。但用第一性原理思维,你会回到火箭的原材料去看:铝、铜、碳纤维、钢等等。火箭重量是多少?构成材料各有多重?各自价格多少?算出来的,就是实际的成本下限,无限接近原材料的成本。结果你发现,不考虑回收再利用技术,火箭原材料成本可能只占历史成本的 1%-2%,那就说明制造过程非常低效。 再举个AI的例子,去年X.AI试图构建一个训练超级集群,需要10万块H100 芯片,供应都说18-24个月才能完成搭建。但如果6个月内搞不定,我们就没竞争力了。别人说不可能,但我们把问题拆成 “场地、电力、冷却、稳电”,逐个解决: 没时间新建厂房,就在孟菲斯找了一家已经停用的工厂。原厂供电是15 兆瓦,我们需要 150 兆瓦,于是租了发电机放在工厂一侧;又把全美国四分之一的移动制冷设备都租了过来,放在工厂另一侧。 这还没完,因为训练时电压和功率波动极大,100 毫秒内可能骤降 50%,发电机跟不上。我们又加装了特斯拉巨型电池包Megapacks,还修改了软件来平滑波动。接着我们四班倒,全天候完成了所有电缆布线。我当时就睡在数据中心,自己也跟着布线。 高质量token快用光了 马斯克:你的人才实力、硬件规模,高效利用硬件的能力这些都很重要,不是买一堆GPU就能用的,你得协同稳定训练。你有什么独特的数据权限?你如何分发?比如用户如何接触到你的AI?这些都是关键因素。 很多人都认为,我的朋友伊利亚(曾任OpenAI 联合创始人兼首席科学家)也说过,我们已经差不多用完了人类生成的预训练数据。尤其是高质量的 token,快用完了。接下来要做的,本质上是去合成数据,准确判断合成数据的真伪。它们是真实的?还是与现实不符合的幻觉?让 AI 扎根现实是很难的,我们正在这一块儿努力,比如正在训练的 Grok 3.5,就非常注重推理能力。 人形机器人会比其他所有机器人加起来还多 黄仁勋已经带着一大批不同公司的人形机器人上台了,大概有十几种。我之前有点抗拒,最近几年在AI和人形机器人这块的动作很拖延,因为不想让《终结者》变成现实。但后来就意识到了,不管我做不做,这事都会发生。你确实只有两个选择:旁观或参与,我当然选后者。 人类意识就像浩瀚黑暗中的微弱烛火 马斯克:真希望 100 年后人类文明还在。我预测届时人形机器人数量最少是人类的 5 倍,可能 10 倍。 用卡尔达肖夫指数衡量文明指数:一级文明能利用整个星球的能源,二级文明能利用恒星能源,三级文明则是星系级别的能源利用。我们现在可能只利用了地球能源的 1%-2%,离一级文明还差得远。现在正处于“智能大爆炸”的极早期。 我认为 30 年内能向火星运送足够物资,让它能自给自足。就算地球停止补给,在火星上也能继续发展,提升人类存续的概率。 费米悖论让我困惑:为什么我们没见过外星人?可能智慧生物极其稀少,我们也许是银河系唯一的文明。人类意识就像浩瀚黑暗中的微弱烛火,应该尽全力不让它熄灭。成为多星球物种,是前往其他恒星系的第一步。一旦你能涉足两个星球,太空旅行技术就有了进化的动力,最终把人类意识播撒到星际。 我希望 AI 能帮我们理解宇宙本质 马斯克:就像我开头说的,如果你在做一些有用的事,那就很了不起。为他人创造价值,就是在做好事。比如专注于超级真实的人工智能,那才是人工智能安全最重要的事情。我认为在构建AI时极其重要的一点是,要严格恪守真相,即使这个真相是政治不正确的。 外星人在哪?宇宙的起源是什么、如何终结?我们该问哪些未知的问题?我们是否生活在模拟世界里?最终,我希望 AI 能帮我们理解宇宙本质…… 马斯克的创新并非来自空想,而是源于对现实问题的洞察。无论是AI、机器人还是星际探索,最关键的始终是做有用的事——创造价值、保持真实、突破认知的边界。他的分享提醒我们,与其等待未来,不如亲手建造它。希望每一位探索者都能找到自己的方向。 该文观点仅代表作者本人,36氪平台仅提供信息存储空间服务。
SpaceX Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
When was SpaceX founded?
SpaceX was founded in 2002.
Where is SpaceX's headquarters?
SpaceX's headquarters is located at 1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne.
What is SpaceX's latest funding round?
SpaceX's latest funding round is Private Equity - III.
How much did SpaceX raise?
SpaceX raised a total of $9.726B.
Who are the investors of SpaceX?
Investors of SpaceX include Flat Capital, Texas Space Commission, EntrepreneurShares, PAWAO, Tioex and 80 more.
Who are SpaceX's competitors?
Competitors of SpaceX include Interstellar Technologies, Firefly Aerospace, Astranis, Exos Aerospace, Blue Origin and 7 more.
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